diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index 07705215e659d..097cfe9b5c6f7 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/expat
 	dev-libs/fribidi
 	dev-libs/libcdio[-minimal]
-	cec? ( >=dev-libs/libcec-2.2 )
+	cec? ( >=dev-libs/libcec-3.0 )
 	dev-libs/libpcre[cxx]
 	dev-libs/libxml2
 	dev-libs/libxslt